As part of the Bureau’s commitment to engage
stakeholders in active dialogue about key issues, the Bureau recently held
three roundtables to gather feedback about the Requests for Information the
Bureau recently issued.

The Department of Education is sending letters to veterans with severe
disabilities notifying them that they may be eligible for a tax-free discharge
of their outstanding student loans. Here’s what to look for if you’re eligible.

Scammers are constantly finding new ways to steal money
from their victims, and anyone can potentially be a target. The Bureau has
online resources to help consumers prevent, recognize, and report scams and
fraud.

The BancorpSouth Settlement Administrator recently
mailed packets to identified consumers with instructions for how to take part
in the settlement. If you think you are eligible, you should look for a packet
in the mail and follow the instructions.

In 2016, the Bureau released the Building Blocks to Help Youth Achieve
Financial Capability: A new model and recommendations, which describes where
and when children and young adults acquire the foundations of financial
capability. Now, the Bureau has created
the Building Blocks Measurement Guide to provide researchers, program leaders,
teachers, and other financial educators with ways to assess young people’s
progress toward each building block.

This week the Bureau begins the process of transforming the Bureau’s Stakeholder Outreach and Engagement work, which includes transitioning from former modes of outreach, to a new strategy to increase high quality feedback. Earlier this year, the Bureau put out a Request for Information (RFI) on External Affairs’ (EA) external engagements.